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 date: 2026-02-24T23:45:11-07:00
 description: "I just dropped my phone in my dog's water bowl -- I'm thinking what I want from my phone"
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 tags: ["phone", "technology"]
 title: "What Do You Want in a Phone"
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-#
+# Phone Woes
 
 I only moments ago dropped my Pixel Fold into a freshly cleaned stainless steel bowl of water.
 
@@ -35,13 +35,31 @@ I'm almost hoping my fold is broken just so I can pursue this self experimentati
 
 I have tried quite a few different phones over the last five-ish years.
 
+### Linux In My Pocket!
+
 I purchased [the original PinePhone (pine64)](https://pine64.org/devices/pinephone/) when it launched, even got the keyboard case. It was barely usable as a linux computer, let alone a phone. I wanted it to work so badly I persisted despite my wife's pleas to have a way to be contacted consistently. I relented after a month or so.
 
+### Google Normie
+
 Then a Pixel 4. It was fine. I ran [CalyxOS](https://calyxos.org/) on it at first and then [GrapheneOS (homepage)](https://grapheneos.org/) I think. Both custom flavors of Android that have a privacy focus, spoofing or sandboxing required Google services to respect your data just a bit more.
 
-I jumped back in the mobile linux pool for another month about a year ago with a OnePlus 6T. It was much more usable, phone calls worked fairly well (provided you weren't doing any bluetooth tomfoolery), and once I compiled a custom VoLTE package I was even able to make calls on 4G networks! (Oh yeah, I'm remembering, if I wanted to receive calls, I had to be sure to set my phone to 2G networks only, so having the VoLTE setup was super convenient. Data was a "only turn on when using" sort of thing).
+### Linux In My Pocket! Continued...
+
+I jumped back in the mobile linux pool for another month about a year ago with a OnePlus 6T. It was much more usable, phone calls worked fairly well (provided you weren't doing any bluetooth tomfoolery), and once I compiled a custom VoLTE package I was even able to make calls on 4G networks!
+
+{{< aside caption="Oh yeah..." >}} I'm remembering, if I wanted to receive calls, I had to be sure to set my phone to 2G networks only, so having the VoLTE setup was super convenient. I desperately wanted mobile linux to work. I dropped many calls, missed group chats, my family for a while thought they couldn't call me :sob: so I'm not a linux-hater, I think the people at [PostMarketOS (homepage)](https://postmarketos.org/) are doing awesome stuff, it just needs more time in the oven, and ALOT more love AKA money / donated development.
+{{< /aside >}}
+
+{{< aside >}}
+Looks like they have made lots of improvements since I last used my OP 6T! (which is not surprising) The [wiki page (postmarket wiki)](https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/OnePlus_6_(oneplus-enchilada)) has a good summary of functional parts
+{{< /aside >}}
+
+### Flip Minimalism
+
 I also tried a flip phone for a minute. I ended up purchasing a [TCL Flip 2 (product page)](https://us.tcl.com/products/flip-2). Incredible how cheap it was, and it worked surprisingly well! I put some custom software on it, unfortunately I didn't document the process, but managed to install a custom cursor tool to set a button to toggle controlling a cursor on its 2.5" screen. This made using some of the apps much easier / possible than using the simple ^ v <- -> controls. It got me detoxed off my phone and showed me just how much time I can spend on it. Then, I switched back, telling myself I could handle the raw power of these internet-connected, eye-catching attention bricks.
 
+### Flip Maxxing
+
 Back to my Pixel. Until I dropped it and it wouldn't keep a charge. The phone would only power on while plugged in, essentially unusable as a mobile device.
 
 I then got my favorite phone to date, the Pixel Fold! Second hand from a chap in my area for $400. Not a bad deal if you ask me.
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 [Fairphone (home page)](https://www.fairphone.com/en/)
 
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 It doesn't make sense to me to purchase any other phones at this point.